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Ashford planning applications

PlanningTrack collects planning applications and decisions from the public planning register of Ashford Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official Ashford website

Collected application statistics

Collected records · All available dates

37,601Searchable applications

601Recorded as pending

88%Approval rate · 20,099 approved or refused records

2,336Refused applications

17,763 approved · 2,336 refused · 2,078 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Mar 2008 to 16 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 22 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

Local planning information

Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026

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Conservation areas and Article 4 directions

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Conservation areas44 mapped area records

Article 4 direction areas75 mapped area records0 identified HMO area records; remaining records unclassified

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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.

Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

More application records

Decision Made11/00216/TC
Description: To crown reduce by one third, one x Silver Birch (T1),, Reason for work - , Works Approved? - , Approved Date - Compliance Status & Date - ,
43 Ashford Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6LL
Received 21 Nov 2011
Decision Made11/00217/TP
Description: T1 (TPO T22) - Sycamore - fell; T2 (TPO T4) - Sycamore - fell; T3 (TPO T13) - Horse chestnut - Fell; T4 (TPO T15) - Horse Chestnut - crown lift to 5m; T5 (TPO T19) - Sycamore - crown lift to 5m
Tree Shadows, The Grove, Kennington, Ashford, Kent, TN24 9HA
Received 21 Nov 2011
Decision Made11/00218/TC
Description: T1 - Sycamore (2 x trees) - reduce by 30%; T2 - Sycamore (row of 3 x trees) - reduce to hedge height; T3 - Holly - coppice to allow re-growth; T4 - Ash and Sycamore - coppice; T5 - sycamore (trees along roadside) - crown lift to 5m.
Tree Shadows, The Grove, Kennington, Ashford, Kent, TN24 9HA
Received 21 Nov 2011
Decision Made11/00219/TC
Description: To reduce crown by 30%, five x Monterey Cypress (T1 - T5); to reduce crown by 50%, one x Monterey Cypress (T6); to fell two x Monterey Cypress (T7 - T8); to reduce by 50% in first year then fell in second year, four x Monterey Cypress (T9 - T12); to reduce to hedge height T13 Ash & T14 Sycamore ; to reduce to hedge height line of Leylandii T15.
44 Ashford Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6LL
Received 22 Nov 2011
Decision Made11/00220/TC
Description: T1 - Palm Tree - remove
Elmfield Court, Oaks Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6RH
Received 21 Nov 2011
Decision Made11/00221/TC
Description: T1 - cherry - removal
14 Eastwell Meadows, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6QR
Received 23 Nov 2011
Decision Made11/00222/TC
Description: T1 - Horse Chestnut - fell
Rolvenden Cricket Field, Regent Street, Rolvenden, Kent
Received 25 Nov 2011
Decision Made11/00223/TC
Description: To fell one x willow (Salex Caprea) - T1
Pear Tree Cottage, 4 Frensham Road, Rolvenden, Cranbrook, Kent, TN17 4NJ
Received 25 Nov 2011
Decision Made11/00224/TP
Description: Coppice small area of Sweet Chestnut trees in woodland known as Dock Wood
Longbeech Wood South of, Monkery Lane, Charing, Kent
Received 29 Nov 2011
Decision Made11/00225/TP
Description: T1 - Beech - to trim back branches
Burleigh House, Burleigh Road, Charing, Ashford, Kent, TN27 0JB
Received 29 Nov 2011
Decision Made11/00226/TP
Description: T1 Oak tree - crown reduction 20%, crown thin 20%
34 The Meadows, Biddenden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8AW
Received 29 Nov 2011
Decision Made11/00228/TC
Description: T1 - Common Ash - remove limb closest to ground and remove dead wood; T2 - Sycamore - crown lift 3-4 metres, remove dead wood; T3 - Common Ash - crown lift 3-4 metres, remove dead wood
Royal Oak, The Street, Mersham, Ashford, Kent, TN25 6NA
Received 2 Dec 2011
Decision Made11/00229/TP
Description: T1 - Wild Service Tree - Reduce crown by 20%
Nortons, The Street, Smarden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8NB
Received 8 Dec 2011
Decision Made11/00230/TC
Description: T1 - Cypress - Fell; T2 - Magnolia - Fell
Nortons, The Street, Smarden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8NB
Received 8 Dec 2011
Decision Made11/00231/TC
Description: To fell two x Ash (T1 & T2)
Forge House, The Street, Shadoxhurst, Ashford, TN26 1LU
Received 9 Dec 2011
Decision Made11/00232/TC
Description: To reduce by 50%, 4 x willow (T1 - T4)
Court Lodge Barn, Front Road, Woodchurch, Ashford, TN26 3SD
Received 9 Dec 2011
Decision Made11/00233/TC
Description: To fell one x Ash (T1)
Oakenshaw, Frogs Lane, Rolvenden, Cranbrook, Kent, TN17 4NG
Received 9 Dec 2011
Decision Made11/00234/TC
Description: To crown thin by 5% and crown reduce to 15m overall, one x beech (T1); to fell one x Leyland Cypress (T2); and reduce to 5m in height, eight x Leyland Cypress (T3-T10)
Hatfield Lodge, The Street, Chilham, Canterbury, CT4 8DP
Received 12 Dec 2011
Decision Made11/00235/TP
Description: T1 - Ash - fell
Heronden Hall, Smallhythe Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7QA
Received 13 Dec 2011
Decision Made11/00236/TP
Description: Remove 1 dangerous and decayed birch in group adjacent to 34 Prospect Way
34 Prospect Way, Brabourne, Ashford, TN25 6RL
Received 15 Dec 2011
Decision Made11/00237/TP
Description: To fell one x ash tree (T1)
22 St Benets Way, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6QQ
Received 15 Dec 2011
Decision Made11/00238/TP
Description: To reduce lateral branches by 1.5m to the west to clear the adjacent ash, one x Oak (T1)
Clovelly, Turners Avenue, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6QB
Received 15 Dec 2011
Decision Made11/00239/TC
Description: Removal of four trees (2 cherry, 1 weeping pear and 1 unknown variety) leaning on boundary fence of West House and The Bull Inn.
West House, 66-72 High Street, Rolvenden, Cranbrook, Kent, TN17 4LW
Received 16 Dec 2011
Decision Made11/00240/FC
Description: Reference 019/379/11-12 Cmpt 3 - to coppice 0.5 ha hazel, hornbeam, chestnut; Cmpt 8 - to thin 1.7ha oak; Cmpt 17 - to coppice 1ha chestnut, hornbeam; Cmpt 19 - to thin 2.6ha oak; Cmpt 22 - to coppice 2.3ha chestnut and to thin oak, ash; Cmpt 23a - to coppice 2.8ha hornbeam, chestnut and to thin oak; Cmpt 23b - to coppice 0.5ha hornbeam and chestnut; Cmpt 24 - to coppice 0.6ha hornbeam and chestnut; Cmpt 25a - to coppice 1.3ha hornbeam and chestnut and to thin hornbeam and oak; Cmpt 33a - to thin 1.2ha oak; Cmpt 37a - to coppice 0.5ha chestnut; Cmpt 43 - to coppice 2.2ha hornbeam and thin oak.
Hamstreet Woods National Nature Reserve rear of, Bournewood, Hamstreet, Kent
Received 19 Dec 2011

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What these statistics cover

These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Ashford Borough Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.

The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.

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